Improvement in fish-traps



timidi Seite? @anni (time Letters Patent No. 113,292. dated April 4, 1871 antedated March 24, 1871.

IM PROVElVlE NT IN FIS H-TRAPS.

The Schedule eferred to in these Letters Patent and making pari: of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J on E. HAMMOND, of New Bedford, inthe county of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Fish- Trap; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon..

My invention consists in a fish-trap in form of a valise, with snoods, hooks, sp1-ings, and bait-basket.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe. its construction and operation.

Figure lis a perspective view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a view of my invention open, as seen when set for the catching of fish.

A1 is the traf). g

B1, the line, whichextends from the trap to the surface of 'the water.

O1, the buoy attached to the line.A

DI, the bait-basket.

A2 A2, the trap.

B2, the line.

O2, the buoy.

D2, bait-basket.

az a2 a? a2, hooks.

b2 112 b2 b2, snoods.

4c2 c2 c2 c2, springs.

d2 Z2 d2 cl2, catches, which hold down the springs.

The line Bis double, and passes around the trap, as will be seen by figs. 1 and 2, &c.

Operation.

The fish-trap being constructed as herein set forth, its operation may be'noted. The fish seize the bait and thus liberate the catches, when the springs jerk the snoods and hook the sh as one would when fishing in the ordinary manner. Other fish striving to get the bait through the net-work ofthe fsh-basket, are ca -iight in the trap when quickly closed bythe' line around it in raising it to the surface of the Water, as will be plain without further specification.

- Claim.

What l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The iish-trap A, with springs cz cz o2 ci, snoods b2 b2 b2 b2, hooks a2 a2 a a2, and bait-basket D, all oonstructed, combined, and operating substantially as and- 'for the purpose set forth anddescribed.

JOB E. VHAMJSIOND. Witnesses:

JN0. DAVIS, M. B. DAVISi 

